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Stay home and be counted was what people in Telangana were told as the state government launched its controversial "Samagra Kutumba Survey". On August 19, over 4 lakh volunteers visited lakhs of families to get household details. Sanjay Borra captures the survey in Hyderabad. Enumerator E Narayana records information from residents of Ward No. 50, Feelkhana, Begum Bazar "I've to carry on with my work, sir. Even though the government has asked us to stay at home, I need to think of my livelihood.

NEW DELHI: Within days of announcing the decision to wind up the Planning Commission , Prime Minister Narendra Modi could chair a high-level meeting at Yojana Bhawan on August 26 to finalise the broad contours of the new institution that will replace the body. "The sense we are getting is that the prime minister could himself chair this meeting," an official said, adding that instructions had been issued for glitch-free administrative as well as technical arrangements for the occasion.

NEW DELHI: After starting on a flat note, the S&P BSE Sensex managed to gather momentum in trade on Thursday and rallied over 90 points led by gains in ITC, TCS, Tata Motors, HDFC and HDFC Bank. Tracking the momentum, the 50-share Nifty index was trading near its crucial level of 7900, supported by gains in realty, oil & gas, IT and auto stocks. At 10:20 a.m.; the BSE Sensex was trading 0.30 per cent higher or 78 points at 26392.36. It hit a low of 26302.26 and a high of 26,407.92 in trade today.

In an interview with ET Now, Sanjay Koul, MD & Director-Manufacturing, Timken India, shares his business outlook. Excerpts: ET Now: Let us talk about the business in which you operate. Friction management solutions with mostly industrial clients. So run us through how the quarter has shaped up, particularly how the client sharing business visibility is looking? Sanjay Koul: The quarter gone by went well. The growth is coming from a combination of euphoria in the Indian market, which is slowly translating into a little bit of business, and then the exports which because of the cost efficiency which India in general can offer and in particular Timken India has to offer.

Eggs are constantly appearing from people's ears. You can't unfold a handkerchief without a coin falling out of it. Bouquets routinely flutter into life as pigeons. Rabbits lower and raise themselves from top hats with sombre professionalism. I am at Choo Mantar 2014 , the national biennial magicians' convention. All around is frenetic activity. The convention features seasoned veterans as well as jittery debutants making their big splash in front of their peers. There is a competition round and participants are making frantic last minute practice passes.

By Makrand Kulkarni, ?Design Director at Ether Design, Bangalore Apparently, Henry Ford never uttered the famous words, 'If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses'. But also, apparently, there is evidence that he thought along quite similar lines. The idea behind ' Any colour as long as it is black' led to great success of the assembly line but failed later when competitors caught up on cost. Ford was not watching new developments in his customer's world.

MUMBAI: Credit pick-up continued to inch up for the second fortnight in a row rising 13.67 per cent to Rs 61,21,418 crore for the fortnight ended July 11 as against Rs 53,85,033 crore in the same period last year. According to the latest Reserve Bank data, bank deposits grew 13.24 per cent year-on-year to Rs 79,96,060 crore during the reporting fortnight. According to the RBI data, deposits of commercial banks stood at Rs 70,60,636 crore in the year ago period. The demand deposit grew 10.71 per cent to Rs 7,20,458 crore from Rs 6,50,751 crore in the year ago period, while time deposit rose 13.50 per cent to Rs 72,75,600 crore in the period as against Rs 64,09,886 crore.

Colvyn Harris , CEO, JWT South Asia and jury member for the Creative Effectiveness category at Cannes Lions 2014, tells us about his first time at the festival, lessons he's gathered over the years, ventures into the sea and the Gutter Bar. While this is your first year as a jury member, this is definitely not your first time at Cannes. Any horror stories you would like to warn people about? I have no horror stories other than at the Gutter Bar when you see the price to stand on the road and buy a rose.

NEW DELHI: In what is being termed as a 'massive show of strength', BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was on Thursday greeted by a huge crowd which had gathered to participate in his road show in Varanasi. Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from the Varanasi constituency shortly. A more than 2-km-long road show, brief public addresses from atop his car will comprise Modi's nomination filing exercise. Modi will pay tribute to Pandit Madan Mohan Malvya at his statue in the Lanka crossing.

NEW DELHI: The ongoing free trade agreement ( FTA ) negotiations between France and India may gain momentum when a new government comes to power after the current elections, French ambassador Francois Richier said. The Indo-EU talks are expected to reach a conclusive stage, he said. "The negotiations have been going for long and we expected it to reach some final destination with the new government coming to power in India. " French companies have invested more than $19 billion in India so far and are adding a billion dollars worth of investment every year, Richier said.